The temperature has plummeted overnight with some parts of Scotland seeing what could be the coldest January night in 14 years.
The freezing temperatures and snow are expected to continue for much of Britain this week because of cold Arctic air.
Get the five-day forecast where you are here
A snowplough on the A66 near Keswick in Cumbria
And this is expected to be replaced by “potentially disruptive” stormy weather which lands over the weekend.
A “cold plunge of Arctic air” has moved south across the whole country over the past few days, making it 5C to 6C lower than usual for this time of year, the Met Office said.
A Met Office spokeswoman said: “It’s staying cold until Friday, and then looking further ahead into the weekend we’ve got some deep areas of low pressure pushing in, so a big change in weather type, and we could see some stormy conditions by the end of the week.
“The cold isn’t lasting right to the end of the week, but we have a very different type of potentially-disruptive weather arriving.”
More than 100 schools were closed in Scotland on Tuesday, while drivers faced difficult conditions thanks to the wintry weather across north-west England, including in Merseyside, Cheshire and Cumbria.
Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player
There are three yellow weather warnings in place for Wednesday.
One for snow and ice covers northern England and parts of Wales and comes into place from midnight for 24 hours.
Another ice warning covering parts of Scotland around Glasgow and Edinburgh also comes into force from midnight for 24 hours.
The third snow and ice warning covers the northern section of Scotland and Northern Ireland and is in place…
More information about this article Read More
Source: news.sky.com
This notice was published: 2024-01-16 22:25:00
Sky News is a British 24-hour information television channel, the first in Europe of its kind, launched on February 5, 1989 by the British Sky Broadcasting Company.